Douglas Hetzler, M.D.

Primary specialty

Otolaryngology PhysicianTaxonomy code 207Y00000X

License

C41078 Issued in CA

Practice address

2025 Soquel Ave
Santa Cruz, CA 95062-1323

Phone

(831) 458-5640

NPI assigned

Jan 18, 2006

Sex

Male

Sole proprietor

No

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Specialties & licenses 1

Addresses

Medicare fee-for-service enrollment

Enrolled in CA

Eligible to order & refer

• Part B services: Yes
• Medical equipment: Yes
• Home health: Yes
• Power mobility devices: Yes
• Hospice: Yes

Green means eligible to order or refer.

Enrollment records 1

Specialty

Otolaryngology

Education

University of Iowa, RJ & L Carver College of Medicine, 1981

Medicare assignment

Accepts the Medicare-approved amount as payment in full

Group practices

Sutter Bay Medical FoundationGroup PAC ID 4284538778, 3,783 clinicians

Practice addresses (Care Compare)

Hospital & facility affiliations

• Sutter Maternity & Surgery Center of Santa Cruz Hospital, Santa Cruz, CA, CCN 050714
• Dominican Hospital Hospital, Santa Cruz, CA, CCN 050242

Medicare enrollment (NPD)

Enrolled

Credentials

Doctor of Medicine

State licenses

Practice roles

Locations

Interoperability endpoints

• Direct secure messaging: dhetzler31997@hisp.ehr.sutterhealth.org

Organizations this provider is connected to: Medicare benefit reassignments (the organization bills Medicare for this provider’s services), Care Compare group memberships and National Provider Directory roles.

• Sutter Bay Medical Foundation

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Palo Alto, CA
  • NPI 1013950807
  Medicare reassignment Care Compare group NPD
• Sutter Bay Medical Foundation

  • Multi-Specialty Clinic/Center
  • Sacramento, CA
  • NPI 1003267196
  NPD
• Sutter Bay Medical Foundation

  • Clinical Medical Laboratory
  • Santa Clara, CA
  • NPI 1669287033
  NPD
• Dignity Health

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Santa Cruz, CA
  • NPI 1427181007
  NPD (past)
• Santa Cruz Medical Clinic, Inc

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Santa Cruz, CA
  • NPI 1588775308
  NPD (past)
• Stanford Hospital and Clinics

  • Clinical Medical Laboratory
  • Palo Alto, CA
  • NPI 1174698468
  NPD (past)
• Sutter Bay Hospitals

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Santa Cruz, CA
  • NPI 1689035628
  NPD (past)
• Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation

  • Family Medicine Physician
  • Orinda, CA
  • NPI 1871538769
  NPD (past)

Hospitals and other facilities this clinician is affiliated with according to Medicare Care Compare.

• Dignity Health

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Santa Cruz, CA
  • NPI 1427181007
  Care Compare affiliation
• Sutter Bay Hospitals

  • General Acute Care Hospital
  • Santa Cruz, CA
  • NPI 1689035628
  Care Compare affiliation

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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    "enumeration_type": "NPI-1",
    "last_updated_epoch": "1783900800000",
    "number": "1801876701",
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            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "MAILING",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "PO BOX 1833",
            "city": "SANTA CRUZ",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "950611833"
        },
        {
            "country_code": "US",
            "country_name": "United States",
            "address_purpose": "LOCATION",
            "address_type": "DOM",
            "address_1": "2025 SOQUEL AVE",
            "city": "SANTA CRUZ",
            "state": "CA",
            "postal_code": "950621323",
            "telephone_number": "831-458-5640"
        }
    ],
    "practiceLocations": [],
    "basic": {
        "last_name": "HETZLER",
        "first_name": "DOUGLAS",
        "credential": "M.D.",
        "sole_proprietor": "NO",
        "sex": "M",
        "enumeration_date": "2006-01-18",
        "last_updated": "2026-07-13",
        "status": "A"
    },
    "taxonomies": [
        {
            "code": "207Y00000X",
            "taxonomy_group": "",
            "desc": "Otolaryngology",
            "state": "CA",
            "license": "C41078",
            "primary": true
        }
    ],
    "identifiers": [],
    "endpoints": [],
    "other_names": []
}

• Kathleen Mary Hertzer, M.D.
• Shannon Leigh Herzberg
• Soledad Hess, LCSW
• William Howard Hess, MD
• Margaret Lynn Hetherington, PT
• Brittany Heyano, OD
• Orly Heyman-Bole, MA.ET,CHT,LMFT
• Rebecca Heymann, OTD, OTR/L
• Chad R Hickerson, MAOD
• Samantha Hickok

• Otolaryngology Physician in Santa Cruz, CA
• Providers in Santa Cruz, CA by specialty
• Otolaryngology Physician in California

• NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jul 13, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
• Medicare enrollment (CMS PECOS): enrollments, PAC IDs and benefit reassignments; Order and Referring.
• Medicare Care Compare (CMS): clinician profile, group practices, facility affiliations, MIPS scores and star ratings.
• National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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